Winnie Wing-Yee Tse

Education

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2019 — 2021 MA in Psychology, University of Southern California
Advisor: Hok Chio (Mark) Lai
Thesis: Incorporating Uncertainty in Design Parameters: A Hybrid Classical-Bayesian Power Analysis Approach for Two-Level Cluster Randomized Trials)
2015 — 2018 BA in Psychology, University of British Columbia
Advisor: Victoria Savalei
Graduate Student Advisor: Cathy Xijuan Zhang)

Awards & Fellowships

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2021 — 2022 Spencer Foundation (USD $49,796), University of Southern California.
Role: Graduate Research Assistant
2018 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (CAD $12,900), University of British Columbia.
Conducted online due to the corona pandemic

Publications

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2021 J1 Lai, H. C., Liu, Y., & Tse, W. W.-Y. (2021). Adjusting for partial invariance in latent parameter estimation: Comparing forward specification search and approximate invariance methods. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01560-2
2019 J2 Zhang, X., Tse, W. W.-Y., & Savalei, V. (2019). Improved properties of the big five inventory and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale in the expanded format relative to the likert format. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1286-1286. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01286

Conference presentations

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2021 P1 Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Sep 26, 2021). Sample size determination in the presence of uncertainty: A hybrid classical-Bayesian approach for two-level cluster randomized trials [Paper Session]. Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Arlington, VA, United States. Schedule
P2 Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Aug 12, 2021). A Bayesian approach to power analysis and sample size planning for cluster randomized trials [Poster Session]. Virtual conference at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention due to covid-19.
P3 Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Jul 20, 2021). Incorporating uncertainty in design parameters: A hybrid classical-Bayesian power analysis approach for two-level cluster randomized trials [Paper Session]. Virtual conference at the Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) due to covid-19.. Schedule
P4 Cardenas, S.I., Tse, W.W.-Y., & Saxbe, D.E. (Apr 29, 2021). Prenatal and postpartum testosterone synchrony in first time parents: Links with suboptimal relationship functioning and enhanced parenting outcomes [Paper Session]. Virtual conference at the meeting of Western Psychological Association due to covid-19.
2020 P5 Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Jul 14, 2020). Measurement Invariance for Ordered Categorical Variables: The Necessity of Strict Invariance for Valid Group Comparisons [Poster Session]. Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS). Schedule
P6 Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Jun 25, 2020). Measurement Invariance for Ordered Categorical Variables: The Necessity of Strict Invariance for Valid Group Comparisons [Paper Session]. A Meeting of Methodologies (AMOM). Slides
P7 Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Jun 2, 2020). Path to valid means comparisons: The necessity of strict measurement invariance for ordered categorical variables [Poster Session]. Conference canceled due to Covid-19.
2017 P8 Tse, W.W.-Y., Zhang, X., & Savalei, V. (Apr 1, 2017). Examining the Order Effects in Psychological Scales in the Expanded Format [Poster Session]. Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Teaching experience

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2021 Guest Lecturer, Multilevel Modeling (PSYC 575), University of Southern California
Statistical foundations and tools for sample size planning in multilevel studies. Course Materials.
Co-instructor, Advancing Quantitative Sciences With Monte Carlo Simulation, British Psychological Society
Monte Carlo Simulation on Structural Equation Modeling using the SimDesign Package in R. Course Materials.
2019 Teaching assistant, Statistics (PSYC 271), University of Southern California
Statistical methods for psychological research, including t-tests, ANOVA, and regressions, with SPSS and R

Service

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2019 Ad-hoc Reviewer Alcohol and Alcoholism
2020 Ad-hoc Reviewer Asian American Journal of Psychology

Computer skills

Statistics: R, SPSS, Stata, SAS, Mplus, Julia
  • SEM: R (lavaan), Mplus
  • Multilevel: R (lme4), Mplus
  • Bayesian: R (brms, Rstan, Rjags)

Database: SQL
Document preparation: LaTeX, RMarkdown (bookdown, pagedown, blogdown), MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint
Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript